http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/learn-from-life en-us 60 <p align="center"><em>&quot;To me it seems that those sciences are vain and full of error </em></p><p align="center"><em>which are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, first hand experience </em></p><p align="center"><em>which in its origins, or means, or end has passed through one of the five senses.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center">~ Leonardo da Vinci, The Archetype of Human Potential</p><p>Ah, Life. Is there a better classroom?</p><p>Reminds me of Rumi's wisdom: <em>&quot;Everything in the universe is a pitcher brimming with wisdom and beauty.&quot;</em></p><p>Are you using every experience life blesses us with as another opportunity to learn, to grow, to become?!?</p><p>&hellip;</p><p><em>Did You Know?</em></p><p>According to Gelb, da Vinci liked to refer to himself as <em>uomo senza lettere</em> (&ldquo;man without letters&rdquo;) and <em>discepolo della esperienza</em> (&ldquo;disciple of experience&rdquo;). (He didn&rsquo;t have a Ph.D., either. :))</p><p>Some More Cool da Vinci Thoughts:</p><p>&ldquo;<em>Obstacles do not bend me.&rdquo;</em></p><p>&ldquo;<em>Every obstacle is destroyed through rigor.&rdquo;</em></p><p>&ldquo;<em>The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.&rdquo;</em></p><p>&ldquo;<em>One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.&rdquo;</em></p><p>&ldquo;<em>For in truth great love is born of great knowledge of the thing loved.&rdquo;</em></p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:11 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:142:142 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/142